Pongidae

[ pon-ji-dee ]
/ ˈpɒn dʒɪ di /

noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Anthropology, Zoology.

the primate family comprising gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans: no longer used in taxonomy, it is subsumed by the family Hominidae, which includes humans.

Origin of Pongidae

First recorded in 1910–15; from New Latin Pongidae, equivalent to Pong(o), type genus (said to be from Kongo mpongi, mpungu “ape”) + -idae see origin at -idae